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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The widow's husband The widow's husband Mir Tamim Ansary,Kemble Scott Three years after the 1841 British occupation of Kabul, news of the invasion still hasn't reached the remote village of Char Bagh. Here, the biggest excitement of the season is a mysterious vagabond … OL18707517W
Exilio en Kabul Exilio en Kabul Miguel del Rey,Carlos Canales Afganistán, un país montañoso e inhóspito, con climas extremos y política turbulenta, es conocido como el cementerio de los imperios, por una buena razón: ninguna potencia extranjera, de Alejandro Ma… OL19994815W
White Mughals White Mughals William Dalrymple "James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when in 1798 he glimpsed Khair un-Nissa - "Most Excellent among Women" - the great-niece of the Nizam's pri… OL2322471W
Soldier Sahibs Soldier Sahibs Charles Allen "In this stirring chronicle of the quest undertaken by fearless young British officers in Queen Victoria's Army to secure India's northwest frontier, Charles Allen brings to life one of the most extr… OL7936506W